246 THE NATURALIST. 



Green Sandpiper — (Totanus ochropusj — A very fine male was shot 

 in this neighbourhood on the 18th, and a female on the 21st ult. 



I would also mention the following comparatively rare birds as occa- 

 sionally located here. The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrimis) ; Grey 

 Shrike [Lanius excubitor) ; Pied Flycatcher {Muscicapa atricapilla) ; Tree 

 Sparrow {Fringilla montana) ; Crossbill (Lo^i« curvirostra) ; Spotted Wood- 

 pecker {Picus major) ; Wryneck (Ymix torquilla). 



Alnwick, Nov. 12th, 1864. 



ON THE BOTANY OF MALHAM. 



By L. C. Miall, Esq. 



Part II. 

 Composite. 



Hieracium pallidum, Fries. In the Dillenian herbarium at Oxford, this 

 plant and H. anglicum, Fr., are preserved on one sheet, and labelled 

 " Hieracium glaucum pilosum foliis parum dentatis. In loco declivi 

 Gordil prope Malham Cravonise vicum." Fries quotes the plant of 

 Dillenius as H. oreades, Fr. 23. vi. vii. and ix. 



H. Gibsoni, Backh. Gordale ! Not uncommon on the Craven scars. 

 " I cannot regard this plant as any form of H, ccesium, nor indeed as 

 being very closely allied to that species ; its nearly glabrous ciliate 

 leaves and yellow styles indicate a nearer alliance with H. pallidum" 

 Backhouse, Fries sets down this plant as H. hypoclioBridis, a variety 

 of H. ccesium. vii. viii. 



H. murorum, L. Gordale ! Malham Tarn. Various forms, which differ 

 chiefly in the degree of acuteness of their radical leaves, occur on the 

 Craven hills. 58. vii. 



H. caesium, Fries ? Gordale, J. Tatham. It seems somewhat doubtful 

 whether the H. ccesium of Fries is one of the British Hieracia at all. 

 I do not know anythmg of Mr. Tatham's plant, vii. viii. 



H. sylvaticum, Sm., var. rubescens. This variety which ranks under H. 

 imlgatum, Fr., has been found at Gordorle. 

 The account of the Malham Hieracia given above is very imperfect. 



It is far from unusual to find in districts like the Craven hills individuals 



oi this genus which agree imperfectly with any of the species laid down 



